Saudi Arabia threatens military action against Iran if attacks continue

Описание: Saudi Arabia reserves the right to take military action against Iran and ‌any ‌trust with its government has ‌been shattered, the Saudi foreign minister said on Thursday, after Iran targeted Riyadh with ballistic missiles.

Iran ⁠accused ⁠Israel of striking its facilities in ⁠the huge South Pars gas field on Wednesday – a major escalation of the war in the Middle East that sent oil prices shooting higher. Iran retaliated by vowing attacks ‌on oil and gas targets throughout the Gulf, firing missiles at Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

In ⁠the harshest comments to come out of the Gulf kingdom in nearly three weeks of war, Saudi foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan‌ accused Iran of premeditated hostile ​actions against its neighbours, both directly and via an array of regional proxies, which he urged it to rein in.

"This pressure from Iran will backfire politically and morally and certainly we reserve the right to take military actions if deemed necessary," Farhan told a news conference after a meeting of top diplomats from the region met in Riyadh.

Interceptors were seen fired from near the Riyadh hotel where the ⁠conference was held around the time foreign ministers from roughly ‌a dozen countries including Türkiye, the UAE, Jordan, ​Qatar and Syria gathered for the consultative meeting on the war.

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